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The Coptic Orthodox and Catholic churches and a large number of Coptic activists refused to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Egypt on Sunday (July 15) out of rejection of the United States’ interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. [Husnī Mīlād and Ahmad ‘Abd al-...
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a member of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) Shūrá Council, said the Egyptian society is not read now for the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah, urging the people in power to seek socio-political justice and public freedoms. [Munīr Adīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 5,...
Egyptian churches on Friday (June 29) held a mass to pray for the new president, Muhammad Mursī, and ask God to bestow on him wisdom to take the right decision. [‘Imād Khlīl and ‘Amr al-Shaykh, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 30, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
The banished family of a notable Copt in al-‘Āmrīyah of the name of Abū Sulaymān opened fire on the locals who gathered outside the house of Murād Girgis, the young Copt who started all the trouble in the area, but his neighbors secured his exit with his property from the area. Sāfī ‘Abd al-Wanīs,...
This text was first published in Christianity Today on January 23, 2012. Please click here for the link. Egypt’s parliamentary elections are over. While noting irregularities, former US president Jimmy Carter, through his Carter Center for promoting democracy, has judged the elections to be “...
Dr. 'Imād Jād, strategic expert in Al-Ahram center for Political and Strategic Studies, said that fitnah tā'ifīyah was planted from 30 years since al-Sadāt period until Mubārak. Now, however, there are a lot of Arab countries, one being Saudi Arabia, that have similar interests in sparking fitnah....
A number of Copts and political powers call for a million-man funerary rally on April 15, 2011, starts from Shubrā to Maspero, protesting the government's failure to meet their demands. Rāmī Kāmil, Coptic president of the Maspero revolution coalition, said that dealing with sectarian incidents did...
Political powers agreed on the need to accept the results of the recent referendum over constitutional amendments, which resulted in 77.2% in favor of these changes, and called for preparing for the parliament elections.
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali recaps the opinion pieces from Egyptian newspapers dealing with the New Year's terrorist attack on an Alexandria church...  

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